Police are investigating how it happened, but a 4-year-old was shot and killed inside a home Friday evening.

Police are investigating how it happened, but a 4-year-old was shot and killed inside a home Friday evening.

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Updated: 10:39 PM CDT Sep 30, 2016

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WEBVTT LIVE NEAR 15TH AND LLOYD. CHRISTINA, YOU SPOKE WITH RELATIVES. >> I DID. HIS FAMILY AND THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES GAVE ME A PICTURE OF THIS ABSOLUTELY ARE ADORABLE LITTLE FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY. THEY TELL ME HIS NAME IS SOLOMON JORDAN SMITH. HE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THE FAMILY HERE IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED OVER HIS LOSS. THIS IS SUCH A HORRIBLE SCENE TO BE AT RIGHT NOW. I'VE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE AN HERE TONIGHT, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY ARE TOO UPSET TO TALK WITH ME. POLICE TELL US THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 6:00 THIS EVENING AT A HOME NEAR 15TH AND LLOYD. POLICE SAY A GUN WAS FIRED INSIDE THE HOME AND , FOUR-YEAR-OLD JORDAN WAS STRUCK BY A BULLET. WE SPOKE WITH MILWAUKEE POLICE CHAPLAINS WHO GOT THE CALL TO COME DOWN TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY AND OFFER THEIR COUNSELING. >> ANY TYPE OF A TRAGIC DEATH LIKE THIS IS HORRIBLE. IT IS HORRIBLE FOR THE FAMILY. IT'S HORRIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S UNTHINKABLE NO MATTER WHAT LITERARILY WHEN I WAS JUST LIVE ON AIR, POLICE OPENED UP THE SCENE AND DROP THE POLICE CRIME TAPE, SO A NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE RUSHED DOWN THE STREET HERE. I CAN IMAGINE TRYING TO GET TO THEIR HOME AND BE WITH HER O THER LOVED ONES AND FAMILY MEMBERS. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONE IT WAS

4-year-old boy shot, killed on Milwaukee's north side

Police are investigating how it happened, but a 4-year-old was shot and killed inside a home Friday evening.